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In-Between The Wind, Victoria L. Vontz
In-Between The Wind, Victoria L. Vontz
LSU Master's Theses
In-between the Wind is a compilation of poems, short stories, theories, photographs, and drawings that reveal my relationship and connection with nature. Through prose, I expose and question my place in the world, how I see it and how I am connected to it, while photographic images and drawings leave space for thoughtful and reflective meditation. The work draws upon memories, discusses theories of connection, and aims to record ephemeral moments that often seem to be too easily forgotten.
After;Life, Morgan Lynn Anderson
After;Life, Morgan Lynn Anderson
LSU Master's Theses
After;life is an exploration of the time and space between life and death. The installation, created from dozens of woodcut prints, creates this imaginary place, and encompasses viewers through sight, smell, sound, and touch. All elements of this installation are heavily influenced by Southern Louisiana culture and wildlife, and are meant to be familiar enough to provoke personal memory and experience. A set of rituals in the form of three poems, corresponding to three different spirit guides: The Black Dog, The Alligator, and The Opossum, lead the reader through the space from life, through liminal, into death.
"The Lonely Romantic": Nature, Education, And Cultural Pessimism In The Early Works Of Hermann Hesse, Erik Paul Wagner
"The Lonely Romantic": Nature, Education, And Cultural Pessimism In The Early Works Of Hermann Hesse, Erik Paul Wagner
LSU Master's Theses
This study examines the early works of Hermann Hesse in the historical context of early twentieth-century Germany. While Hesse’s literary career spans over six decades, most scholarship focuses only on a brief period. Historians study his Weimar novels, as psychologically penetrating pieces that offer insights into this fascinating and chaotic era of German history. Yet, Hesse’s early works have not received due attention in historical scholarship. This situation is unfortunate because Hesse’s prewar writings provide interesting and relevant commentary on life in fin de siècle Germany. Hesse’s early writings offer unique insights into aspects of German culture and society, specifically …
Inscapes Of Unrequited Belonging, Debangana Banerjee
Inscapes Of Unrequited Belonging, Debangana Banerjee
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis is about my journey through life—memories of the past, experiences of the present and premonitions of the future—and how that journey, through its changing landscapes and human characters, generates images that I call inscapes. My subjects arise from very personal experiences and get fermented in my imagination to project an inner vision. I create deep intimate spaces, transitional moments of conscious and unconscious thoughts using both natural and personal imageries. In this endeavor, dark, solid and earthly colors and robust textures play a big role. I employ printmaking (woodcut), painting (oil on canvas) and poetry to express my …
The Spontaneous Generation Of Excess And Its Capitalist Capture, Ryanson Alessandro Ku
The Spontaneous Generation Of Excess And Its Capitalist Capture, Ryanson Alessandro Ku
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis evaluates the economic and Marxist claims on excess. As its official science, economics takes the capitalist economy as a given and explains excess as savings on costs resulting from the strategic planning of capitalist agents, whose point of view, in studying economic phenomena, economics takes. Marx, in a historicist move, argues that capitalism is but one political economy among many, where the facts assumed by economics, such as savings, are, far from given, attributable to a particular systemic formation (a political event) of social relations and materials into an economy. This systemic social formation that comes to be …
Nature Vs. Nurture, Renee' Noel Smith
Nature Vs. Nurture, Renee' Noel Smith
LSU Master's Theses
My work utilizes the metaphor of the family garden gone wild to represent growing up in a difficult family environment. The plants struggle in an environment that turns the typical, quiet backyard garden into a chaotic jungle. This body of work illustrates a variety of printmaking techniques such as mezzotint, silkscreen, drawing, and etching. The vibration and saturation of intense colors create imaginary plants that are highly illusionistic. The troubled environment is represented by the nocturnal background.
Eve's Prisoners, Tara Rene Ratliff
Eve's Prisoners, Tara Rene Ratliff
LSU Master's Theses
All women are the children of Eve and the children of the earth. With the work of Eve’s Prisoners, my aim was to create imagery about the transient stages of womankind and the timeless relationship the feminine ideal has with nature. We are born innocent and able to see the truth of things, but eventually we all imprison ourselves in our bodies, in language, and in our own nature. My pictures want to reconcile the innocence and the pain and to say that by accepting aging and death as part of life, we free ourselves from our own prisons.
Places Common: Encountering Nature In Time And Place, Stacey Jo Harms
Places Common: Encountering Nature In Time And Place, Stacey Jo Harms
LSU Master's Theses
There are some moments in time that imprint in a lasting but unremarkable way. These memories are not always profound but yet are sometimes the most enduring. They come forward in our thoughts again and again with no particular rhyme or reason and with the randomness of a field of wildflowers. My memories often come back to me disguised as the flowers themselves.
Facing Nature, Facing Paint, Emily Jane Ritchey
Facing Nature, Facing Paint, Emily Jane Ritchey
LSU Master's Theses
The visual portion of this thesis is made up of paintings that juxtapose built and natural forms. Particular emphasis is placed upon the element of line and the plein-air painting experience. Journal entries chronicle the evolution of painting practice during thesis research, placing the work within the context of the artist’s life.